(Fitzgerald 157 - 161). Gatsby internal perception of control fails to interpret the situation at hand rationally‚ something Jurgis Rudkus of “The Jungle” is no stranger to. In his story‚ Jurgis is sure that with hard work and determination‚ he wasn’t going to end up like the majority of the drunk‚ unfulfilled men who worked in the meat industry with him. As times get harder‚ Jurgis internal perception of control over his happiness becomes blurred as the presser becomes too much and he resorts to drinking
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young woman from upstate New York named Margaret‚ whom he described as a gutter-child‚ because government aid kept her alive. Margaret as Spencer wrote proved to be a prolific mother. In the book the jungle social darwinism is important because when Jurgis and Ona move to America and they tried to buy a house and they did not have the money to do it and they got
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Both protagonists are physically fit and use their fitness to their advantage; Jurgis Rudkus works in the meatpacking factories of Chicago‚ while James Braddock uses his fitness to further his career in boxing and to work in the docks to support his family. However‚ Cinderella Man and The Jungle also show that physical prowess alone is not sufficient to achieve success. Neither James Braddock nor Jurgis Rudkus attain success by working laboriously for large companies‚ but live in slums and
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The Jungle has long been associated with food production‚ the book is actually a much broader critique of early twentieth-century business and labor practices in the rapidly growing cities of the United States. The Jungle is the story of Jurgis Rudkus and his family‚ Lithuanian immigrants who come to America to work in the meatpacking plants of Chicago. Their story is a story of hardship. They face enormous difficulties: harsh and dangerous working conditions‚ poverty and starvation‚ unjust
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general elation of consumption. Additionally‚ the crowded animal pens of the stock yards symbolizes packingtown’s crowded living quarters for workers. With almost no personal space or privacy for individual‚ Jurgis and his family and dehumanized by their accommodations. Similar to an animal‚ Jurgis exist‚ from a severe capitalist point of view‚ only to carry out his function at the meat-packaging
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The Jungle Research Paper In Thomas Paine’s 1791 book Rights of Man‚ he paints an idyllic‚ almost naive sense of peace and cordiality throughout America. However‚ by the time one century has passed‚ corruption and social castes have inevitably settled over the country‚ ultimately disproving almost everything Paine had lauded America for. This is evidenced by Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel‚ The Jungle‚ and the Eric Schlosser’s 2003 book‚ Fast Food Nation. The 21st century has done nothing to
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“The cheapest doctor they could find would charge them fifteen dollars‚ and perhaps more when the bill came in; and here was Jurgis‚ declaring that he would pay it‚ even if he had to stop eating in the meantime.“ (110) Upton Sinclair was a muckraker‚ who wanted to expose the problems within the industries‚ factories‚ cities‚ and immigrants in order to have these issues fixed.
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Recent United States History Class Number 8469 March 2‚ 2005 The Jungle Analysis Paper America‚ by the turn of the twentieth century‚ was regarded as the "Land of Opportunity‚" and lured thousands of immigrants. The foreigners that fled to the United States were in search of new lives; better lives. America was at the age of industrialization‚ and the economy was shifting from agriculture to factories. There were jobs in the factories available to un-skilled workers‚ which were the majority
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imagery that strategically capture the reader in a world full of sympathy and belief. In this manner‚ he uses the journey of Jurgis Rudkis to depict the conditions in the meat packing industry in the United States. Jurgis‚ being the main character‚ was not used only to reveal the harsh and hidden lives of those working and living in Packingtown‚ however. Sinclair also used Jurgis to portray his personal belief of capitalism being corrosive. The following quote has been taken from a review found at AssociatedContent
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Upton Sinclair’s novel‚ The Jungle‚ has been a major influence on American History. The novel’s success stems from how it exploited the American meatpacking industry and eventually led to the passing of the Food and Drug act of 1906. Though the novel discusses the American era of Industrialization in Chicago‚ the title refers to this era as a Jungle. Sinclair’s title‚ The Jungle‚ symbolizes the worker’s struggle for a good life in a country where capitalist’s prosperity is defined by their poor
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